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36 Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not an earthly
kingdom. If it were, my followers would fight to keep
me from being handed over to the Jewish leaders.
But my Kingdom is not of this world.”
37 Pilate said, “So you are a king?”
Jesus responded, “You say I am a king. Actually, I
was born and came into the world to testify to the
truth. All who love the truth recognize that what I
say is true.”
38 “What is truth?” Pilate asked. Then he went out
again to the people and told them, “He is not guilty
of any crime. 39 But you have a custom of asking me
to release one prisoner each year at Passover. Would
you like me to release this ‘King of the Jews’?”
40 But they shouted back, “No! Not this man. We
want Barabbas!” (Barabbas was a revolutionary.)
JOHN 19
12 Then Pilate tried to release him, but the Jewish
leaders shouted, “If you release this man, you are no
‘friend of Caesar.’* Anyone who declares himself a
king is a rebel against Caesar.”
13 When they said this, Pilate brought Jesus out to
them again. Then Pilate sat down on the judgment
seat on the platform that is called the Stone Pavement (in Hebrew, Gabbatha). 14 It was now about
noon on the day of preparation for the Passover. And
Pilate said to the people,* “Look, here is your king!”
15 “Away with him,” they yelled. “Away with him!
Crucify him!”
“What? Crucify your king?” Pilate asked.
“We have no king but Caesar,” the leading priests
shouted back.
16 Then Pilate turned Jesus over to them to be
crucified.
Jesus Sentenced to Death
Then Pilate had Jesus flogged with a leadtipped whip. 2 The soldiers wove a crown of
thorns and put it on his head, and they put a purple
robe on him. 3 “Hail! King of the Jews!” they mocked,
as they slapped him across the face.
4 Pilate went outside again and said to the people,
“I am going to bring him out to you now, but understand clearly that I find him not guilty.” 5 Then Jesus
came out wearing the crown of thorns and the
purple robe. And Pilate said, “Look, here is the man!”
6 When they saw him, the leading priests and
Temple guards began shouting, “Crucify him! Crucify him!”
“Take him yourselves and crucify him,” Pilate said.
“I find him not guilty.”
7 The Jewish leaders replied, “By our law he ought
to die because he called himself the Son of God.”
8 When Pilate heard this, he was more frightened than ever. 9 He took Jesus back into the headquarters* again and asked him, “Where are you
from?” But Jesus gave no answer. 10 “Why don’t you
talk to me?” Pilate demanded. “Don’t you realize that
I have the power to release you or crucify you?”
11 Then Jesus said, “You would have no power over
me at all unless it were given to you from above. So the
one who handed me over to you has the greater sin.”
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The Crucifixion
So they took Jesus away. 17 Carrying the cross by himself, he went to the place called Place of the Skull (in
Hebrew, Golgotha). 18 There they nailed him to the
cross. Two others were crucified with him, one on
either side, with Jesus between them. 19And Pilate
posted a sign on the cross that read, “Jesus of Nazareth,* the King of the Jews.” 20 The place where Jesus
was crucified was near the city, and the sign was
written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek, so that many
people could read it.
21 Then the leading priests objected and said to
Pilate, “Change it from ‘The King of the Jews’ to ‘He
said, I am King of the Jews.’”
22 Pilate replied, “No, what I have written, I have
written.”
23 When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they divided his clothes among the four of them. They also
took his robe, but it was seamless, woven in one
piece from top to bottom. 24 So they said, “Rather than
tearing it apart, let’s throw dice* for it.” This fulfilled
the Scripture that says, “They divided my garments
among themselves and threw dice for my clothing.”*
So that is what they did.
25 Standing near the cross were Jesus’ mother,
and his mother’s sister, Mary (the wife of Clopas),
19:9 Greek the Praetorium. 19:12 “Friend of Caesar” is a technical term that refers to an ally of the emperor. 19:14 Greek
Jewish people; also in 19:20. 19:19 Or Jesus the Nazarene. 19:24a Greek cast lots. 19:24b Ps 22:18.
19:25-26 Four women stood near the cross during Jesus’
execution. The sister of Jesus’ mother might have been the wife
of Zebedee and the mother of James and John (see Matthew
27:56), which would have made Jesus and John cousins. If so,
being related by blood would help explain why Jesus assigned
the “disciple he loved” (John) to care for Mary (John’s aunt). Also
mentioned only here, Mary (the wife of Clopas) might have been
the mother of James and Joseph. This is the only place in Scripture
to mention these two women. With them was Mary Magdalene,
whom Jesus had healed and who went on to become one of his
followers. She was the first person to see Jesus after he had risen
from the dead. The fourth woman in this group was Jesus’ mother.
19:25 John mentioned Jesus’ mother twice, at the beginning of
Jesus’ ministry (2:1-12) and the end of Jesus’ life. The implication
is that Mary seemed to follow Jesus with all the other disciples.
Imagine how Mary would have felt when watching her son
bleeding and dying on the cross. This woman who bore and
raised Jesus also had to obey the divine plan and let go of her
son (Luke 1:38). Letting go of children is a challenging lesson for
mothers in every age, but the importance of Jesus’ mission and
the strength of Mary’s motherly love for him likely enabled her
to stay by his side to the end.
